. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/175 
29 June 2012 
 (12-3479) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of 
Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo - Dirección de Regulación (Ministry of Commerce, Industry 
and Tourism - Regulation Department)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Imperfect, used, 
repaired, remanufactured, recond itioned or discontinued products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo aplicable a los 
productos incluidos en las denominaciones o circunstancias especiales citadas en el 
artículo 15 de la Ley 1480 de 2011 par a los cuales el Gobierno Colombiano haya 
permitido su importación, ensamble, distribuc ión, uso o comercialización, en adelante 
llamados - "productos en circunstancias especiales" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Touris m applicable to products coming under the 
descriptions or special circumstances specifi ed in Article 15 of Law No. 1480 of 2011 and 
of which the Colombian government has authorized the importation, assembly, distribution, use or marketing, hereinafter referred to as "products under the sp ecial circumstances 
category") (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  
Purpose;  Scope;  Exceptions;  Definitions;  Requirements concerning the information to be 
included on the labels of products falling under the special circumstances category and not 
subject to technical regulations or other manda tory measures;  Requirements concerning the 
information to be included on the labels of products falling under the special circumstances 
category and subject to technical regulations or other mandatory measures;  Conformity assessment procedure;  Control and monito ring;  Monitoring and inspection bodies;  
Penalty system;  Liability of Colombian produ cers, traders and importers;  Competence of 
other government bodies;  Registration of dom estic producers and importers;  Review and 
updating;  Transitional regime;  Notification;  and Entry into force.  G/TBT/N/COL/175 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of deceptive practices. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley 1480 del 12 de octubre de 2011  (Law No. 1480 of 
12 October 2011). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the resolution is signed. 
Six months after the date of its publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   19 September 2012  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://extranet.comunidadandi na.org/SIRT/public/index.aspx 
 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: (+57) 1 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775 
 
Text also available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/COL/12_2416_00_s.pdf